What is the G20 Summit? The G20 Summit is an annual event in which representatives from the governments and central banks of the world’s wealthiest countries get together to discuss a variety of international issues, primarily pertaining to the global economy. G20 stands for “Group of Twenty,” and the group currently consists of 19 [...]

It can be difficult to ascertain, at least in most jurisdictions around the world, how getting involved with Bitcoin, altcoins and other forms of blockchain assets will affect your tax obligations. The majority of tax agencies have yet to issue guidelines, and the rest have left many questions unanswered. The lack of clear Bitcoin [...]

If you have been following the news revolving around the financial industry, you probably have encountered the term ‘Blockchain’. The ever-increasing popularity of the term can be linked back to cryptographic currencies like Bitcoin. Bitcoin has introduced us to a new technology known as the Blockchain, thanks to Satoshi Nakamoto’s idea of a decentralized financial [...]

The growing popularity of Bitcoin as a currency has brought the attention of many governments all around the world to regulate the currency. Some ended up making it illegal whilst some loved the idea. Here are seven countries that love Bitcoin (in no particular order): United States US is one of the countries with [...]

1 August, 2017. If you are an avid Bitcoin user, you understand how important this date is for Bitcoin. It is when Bitcoin developers, along with miners and users will be conducting the first-ever soft fork on the currency through BIP 148 – User Activated Soft Fork (UASF). The soft fork is more popularly referred [...]

According to a recent study by the University of Cambridge, the number of unique active wallets is about 5.8 million, which gives the best indicator as to how many users of bitcoin there are around the globe. The number could however be lower, considering users can hold multiple wallets and it is difficult to assign [...]

Win a Free iPad in January! As the new year dawns upon us, we are fast-approaching a new milestone of processing our fifteen thousandth order! To celebrate, we are giving away a brand new iPad to one lucky Bitcoin customer. In order to participate in this draw, simply complete an order between January 1st [...]

You can now trade Ether on Coinbase’s trading platform. If, for whatever reason, you aren’t aware; Ether is the native currency of Ethereum, a public blockchain that, unlike Bitcoin, makes it easy to build decentralized apps using common scripting languages. In the recent months, Ethereum, which was designed by Russian-Canadian, Vitalik Buterin, in late 2013, [...]

As the first week of March 2016 got underway, it became harder to miss reports of delayed confirmation of transactions by the bitcoin network. Apparently, not even attaching a fee is enough to fetch a transaction a quick confirmation on the Bitcoin network. A process that usually takes about 10 minutes, throughout much of the [...]

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